Improvement in invalid attachments for beds



E. WJGRAFTON. INVALID-ATTACHMENT FOR BEDS.

Patented Sept. 12, 1876.

'N. PETERS, FHOTO-UTHOGRAFHER, WASHINGTON, D O.

UNITED S AT S PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN GRAFTON, OFOHIOAGO, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN INVALID ATTACHMENTS FOR BEDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 182.067, datedSeptember 12, 1876; application filed 7 February 9, 1876.

' To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWIN W. GRAFTON, ofChicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Invalid Attachments forSpring-Beds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form a part of this specificatiomandin which-Figure 1 is a top plan of a spring-bed having my improved attachment,and Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. 7

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

This invention relates to the combination, with a spring-bed, of theattachment, hereinafter described, for raising the occupant of the bedto a sitting position, and supporting him while remaining in thisposture; and it consists in the construction and arrangement of partshereinafter more fully shown and specified.

In the drawing, A are the slats, B the springs, and O the bottom frame,of an ordinary spring-bed bottom. To this latter is secured, crosswise,a bar, D, to the ends of which are hinged two slats, G G, that form theside pieces of a frame, E, the ends of which are formed by bar'D andslats F F, which latter are secured between the ends of slats G, andrest upon the ends of slat-s A of the bed. Bar D and slat F areconnected by means of cords c, which are stretched between them in theopen spaces between slats A of the bed. These cords are intended tosupport the bed-clothing when frame E'is raised.

Frame E is raised by means of a bracket, consisting of two side pieces,H, hinged to slats G at t, and an end pieceor handle, I, secured betweenthe ends of side pieces H. Each of these has a series of notches, k,that engage with the end bar K of bottom frame 0, so that when frame Eis raised sufficiently high it may be supported in its position by meansof pieces H resting upon bar K, as described.

The advantages of my invention, and the mode of using it, will bereadilyseen from the foregoing description. Its construction is simpleand cheap, and. it may readily be attached to almost any spring-bed, asordinarily constructed. By means of brackets H I, it may easily beraised to any desired angle with the slats A of the bed, thus raisingthe patient to' a sitting or any other desirable position,- which,without my invention, often is very diflicu'lt and exhausting to thepatient, and when raised it forms a far more easy and comfortablesupport for the patient than the pillows usually'employed for supportinghim in This is not the case in my invention, where the bar I, besidesserving as a handle, by which both sides of the head-rest may be equallyelevated atthe same time, at the same time braces and'stifi'ens theentire device.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United. States The invalid attachment forspringbeds herein described, consistin g of bar D, slats G G, and slatsF F, the latter connected with bar D by means of cords-e e, hinged sidepieces H H, having notches h and bar or handle I, i

all combined and operating substantially as and for the purpose hereinshown and specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

EDWIN W. GRAFTON.

Witnesses:

THEo. BoLL, HENRY D. P. HoIsER.

